Duchess Landing, OK
Duchess Landing wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Duchess Landing at the 97th national percentile for risk to structures, in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a score built from 109 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Duchess Landing at the 98th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Duchess Landing's 109 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 109 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Duchess Landing against the rest of the country
Duchess Landing scores 97th nationally and 89th within Oklahoma — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Duchess Landing ranks 1,104 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,670 by building count (1 is largest). Within Oklahoma alone, it ranks 86 of 834 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Oklahoma on its state page.
Duchess Landing and the insurance market
Duchess Landing's very high rating (97th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Duchess Landing
Because Direct exposure dominates in Duchess Landing (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 109 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Duchess Landing. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Duchess Landing, see the exposure-zones guide.